--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Friend, many and many a dream is mere…" description: "\"Friend, many and many a dream is mere confusion a cobweb of no consequence at all. Two gates for ghostly dreams there are: One gateway of honest horn, ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/homer-357_cobwebs_friend-many-and-many-a-dream-is-mere-con_2594835.png" --- # Friend, many and many a dream is mere confusion a cobweb… ![“Friend, many and many a dream is mere confusion a cobweb of no consequence at all. Two gates for ghostly dreams there are: One gateway of honest horn, and one of ivory. Issuing by the ivory gate are dreams of glimmering illusion, fantasies, but those that come through solid polished horn may be…” quote by Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/homer-357_cobwebs_friend-many-and-many-a-dream-is-mere-con_2594835.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/homer-357_cobwebs_friend-many-and-many-a-dream-is-mere-con_2594835.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/homer-357_cobwebs_friend-many-and-many-a-dream-is-mere-con_2594835.png) > “Friend, many and many a dream is mere confusion a cobweb of no consequence at all. Two gates for ghostly dreams there are: One gateway of honest horn, and one of ivory. Issuing by the ivory gate are dreams of glimmering illusion, fantasies, but those that come through solid polished horn may be borne out, if mortals only know them.” [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Dreams are confusing, divided into illusion (ivory) and solid (horn) realms. **In simple terms:** Dreams split between illusion and reality. Key Takeaway Discern truth from fantasy. Themes mythology dream analysis dualism Mood mysterious thoughtful Type philosophical poetic When to use this quote - literary study - psychology - creative writing Key Concepts symbolic gates psychic insight Questions to Reflect On - Which gate influences your decisions? - How do you test a dream’s reality? 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It is clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-wisest-man-preaches-no-doctrines-he-has-no-scheme-he-sees-no/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [When I stand in a library where is all the recorded wit of the world, but none of the recording, a mere accumulated, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-i-stand-in-a-library-where-is-all-the-recorded-wit-of-the-world/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Fearless--the cobweb swings from the ceiling-- Indolent Housewife--in Daisies--lain!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-dickinson/fearless-the-cobweb-swings-from-the-ceiling-indolent-housewife-in/) [Emily Dickinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-dickinson/) > [I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-did-four-or-five-years-in-telly-and-by-the-end-of-it-was-drained-i/) [Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/) > [Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-genn/pushing-yourself-to-extremes-blows-out-the-cobwebs-of-trusted-habit/) [Robert Genn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-genn/) ## More by Homer > [He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/he-knew-the-things-that-were-and-the-things-that-would-be-and-the/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/few-sons-are-like-their-fathers-most-are-worse-few-better/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/the-lord-gives-and-the-lord-takes-away-as-it-pleases-him-for-he-can/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/sing-in-me-muse-and-through-me-tell-the-story-of-that-man-skilled-in/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/hateful-to-me-as-are-the-gates-of-hell-is-he-who-hiding-one-thing-in/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/and-zeus-said-hera-you-can-choose-some-other-time-for-paying-your/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/ruin-eldest-daughter-of-zeus-she-blinds-us-all-that-fatal-madness-she/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/scepticism-is-as-much-the-result-of-knowledge-as-knowledge-is-of/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Boy, everyone is stupid except me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/boy-everyone-is-stupid-except-me/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“With that the dream departed, leaving him there, his heart racing with hopes that would not come to pass. He thought he would take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/with-that-the-dream-departed-leaving-him-there-his-heart-racing-with/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/tell-me-o-muse-of-that-ingenious-hero-who-travelled-far-and-wide/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Ah, beer, my one weakness. 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I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-did-four-or-five-years-in-telly-and-by-the-end-of-it-was-drained-i/) [Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/) > [Fearless--the cobweb swings from the ceiling-- Indolent Housewife--in Daisies--lain!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-dickinson/fearless-the-cobweb-swings-from-the-ceiling-indolent-housewife-in/) [Emily Dickinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-dickinson/) > [When I stand in a library where is all the recorded wit of the world, but none of the recording, a mere accumulated, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-i-stand-in-a-library-where-is-all-the-recorded-wit-of-the-world/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [The wisest man preaches no doctrines; he has no scheme; he sees no rafter, not even a cobweb, against the heavens. 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